[MMike]

I was earching for some good cover versions of songs the other day. Any suggestions? I found a 1986 Van Hagar cover of Zeppelin's Rock and Roll.... I found both Cake and the Cure doing covers of Creep (radiohead)...a bunch of Dust my Broom and Stones in my Passway..

Any good ones out there I should seek out?

(I also found Ice Ice Baby, but overlaid onto the music for the Real Slim Shady......and my bro once found the Real Slim Shady overlaid onto Oops! I Did it Again)

 

[SuzyCreamcheese]

I was earching for some good cover versions of songs the other day. Any suggestions? I found a 1986 Van Hagar cover of Zeppelin's Rock and Roll.... I found both Cake and the Cure doing covers of Creep (radiohead)...a bunch of Dust my Broom and Stones in my Passway..

Any good ones out there I should seek out?

(I also found Ice Ice Baby, but overlaid onto the music for the Real Slim Shady......and my bro once found the Real Slim Shady overlaid onto Oops! I Did it Again)

Johnny Cash covers Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt" and Steve Earle does a good job with the old Chambers Bros hit "Time"

The Cheese

 

[Crazy Sweeper]

Korn does an awesome cover of Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall"
Pearl jam has some good covers, can't think of specifics at the moment.
I don't really like Marilyn Manson, but some of his covers are decent.

I'll try to think of more...

 

[binary visions]

Great Pearl Jam covers:
Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding)
Baba O'Riley (The Who)
Anything of The Doors they covered - they were all from one performance (I think it was in L.A.)

Stevie Ray Vaughan's cover of "Little Wing" is one of the best musical pieces you'll ever hear, anywhere

I really like Uncle Cracker's cover of "Drift Away"

Hendirix covering "All Along the Watchtower"

If you like jazz, I love John Coltrane's cover of "My Favorite Things"

 

[DRB]

Social Distortion - Ring of Fire
The Rev. Horton Heat - Folsom Prision Blues

 

[Polandspring88]

Rage Against the Machine covers both Cypress Hill's "How I could Just Kill a Man" and NWA's "F*ck the Police." I think they did a pretty good job.

 

[Andy_B]

Gin and Juice- Snoop Dogg covered by Blues Traveler

 

[Crazy Sweeper]

boyz in the hood- dynamite hack
ben folds five has a couple decent covers

Binary-I totally agree on SRV

 

[preppie]

Dinosaur Jr : Just like heaven (the Cure)
Quicksand : How soon is now (the Smiths)

 

[MMike]

Stevie Ray Vaughan's cover of "Little Wing" is one of the best musical pieces you'll ever hear, anywhere

We yeah. Best ever. I found a live version of it too......

 

[Rockland]

"Kids In America" original by Kim Wilde. There are 20-something covers of the song.
www.kimwilde.com

 

[Reactor]

There is a great album where a bunch of swing musicians do covers of a bunch of modern songs, like greendays longview. Lea Delaria - Double Standards. look it up on amazon.com

Paul Anka did a cover of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit," in Swing rock.

 

[Mike B.]

Anything by Richard Cheese. He does lounge versions of popular rock songs

 

[Mike B.]

Actually, I like 4 Non Blondes cover of Zeppelin's Misty Mountain Hop.

 

[Jeremy R]

Actually, I like 4 Non Blondes cover of Zeppelin's Misty Mountain Hop.

Me too.
That is an awesome cover and the best one on that album.

 

[Barbaton]

Jonathan Coulton's cover of "Baby Got Back" has had me humming recently.

http://www.jonathancoulton.com/music/thingaweek/BabyGotBack.mp3

 

[stinkyboy]

The Cure's Hello I Love You (10 second version)

 

[valve bouncer]

Pixies "Head On"

 

[Mike B.]

Me too.
That is an awesome cover and the best one on that album.

Yep, definitely the best one on there but I kind of like the STP version of Dancing Days

 

[robdamanii]

Hendrix covering AATW was better than the original.

 

[Atomic Dog]

Johnny Cash covers Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt"

He also has a kickass cover of Soundgardens "Rusty Cage"

Just about anything by Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies is good. (They have a handfull of albums out, all cover tunes.)

A band called Throwdown does a good cover of "Baby Got Back"

I believe it's Pennywise that does a cover of "Down Under"

Less Than Jake has some good covers out there, too.

 

[peter6061]

Primus covering Pink Floyd's 'Have a cigar'

I actually like of bunch of Primus' PF covers.

And yeah, the hendrix AAtW is a great tune.

 

[stevew]

the hellacopters "Big Guns" by Rory Gallagher

husker du "Eight Miles High" by the Byrds

rem "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" by CCR

the hellacopters "Cold Night for Alligators" by Roky Erickson

the hellacopters "Stab Your Back" by the Damned

the hellacopters "Bullet" by the Misfits

the hellacopters "American Ruse" by MC5

the hellacopters "Working for MCA" by Lynyrd Skynyrd

the hellacopters "A Man and a Half" by Wilson Pickett

the hellacopters "Her Strut" by Bob Seger

the Hellacopters "Master Race Rock" by the Dictators

the Hellacopters "Dirty Women" by Black Sabbath

fu manchu "Godzilla" by Blue Oyster Cult

the hellacopters "All American Man" by KISS

the Hellacopters "Speedfreak" by Motorhead

das damen "Magical Mystery Tour" by the Beatles

swervedriver "In the City" by the Who

swervedriver "Mgic Bus" by the Who

 

[Ciaran]

Do you have some time? Here's a quick list from my "Various Covers" folder of MP3's. I have a ton more but I don't know all the artists doing the covers (many are listed as "punk cover". Thank you NAPSTER) There's a million covers out there. I'm sure Narlus can put up a good list.


7 Seconds - These boots were made for walking
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
Andy Kaufman (as Tony Clifton) - I will Survive.
Ben Folds Five - Vaseline (Flaming Lips cover)
Dash Rip Rock - Let's Go Smoke Some pot (OK... it's not so much a cover as it is a filke)
Devo - Head Like A Hole
Incubuc - Turning Japanese
Lemonheads - Skulls
Mojo Nixon - Girlfriend in a Coma - Great cover!
Orgy - Blue Moday
SkaDaddyz - Hotel California
Gypsi Kings - Hotel California
The Breeders - Happiness Is A Warm Gun
I have a GREAT cover of Walking On Sunshine (by Katrina and the Waves) but I don't know who is doing it
The Cramps - Route 66, Shortnin Bread, Peter Gunn
Tom Jones - Kiss
Flogging Molly - Delilah (Effin AWSOME)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Love Rollercoaster
Robyn Hitchcock - Waterloo Sunset
Screeching Weasel - You Are My Sunshine
Stanford Mixed Company - Come On Eileen (Great cover! Acapella)
Tori Amos - Love Song
Tori Amos - Angie
Husker Du - Love Is All Around (Mary Tyler Moore theme)
Prince - Honkey Tonk Woman
Ween - Hot For Teacher

 

[mikesbikes]

Powerman 5000 - Relax(Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
The Offspring - Sedated(The Ramones)my daughter loves this song
Social Distortion - Ring of Fire("The Man In Black" Johnny Cash)

 

[Velocity Girl]

Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane (Velvet Underground)
REM - Pale Blue Eyes (Velvet Underground)
There She Goes - Sixpence None the Richer (The La's)
Tangled Up in Blue - Indigo Girls (Bob Dylan)
Midnight Train to Georgia - Indigo Girls (James D. Wheatherly)
32 Flavors - Alana Davis (Ani DiFranco)

and not really a cover because I don't know if you can "cover" standard x-mas carols but God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by the Barenaked Ladie and Sarah McLachlan is my favorite x-mas song now!

 

[Atomic Dog]

Oh yeah, years ago I had this CD. All covers by bands like Sublime, Toadies, Collective Soul, Butthole Surfers, The Reverend Horton Heat.

 

[Nick]

Deftones covered "I'm losing my Favorite Game" by the Cardigans.

It was the first song that popped into my head when I read your post. It may be next to impossible to find.

 

[jimmydean]

He also has a kickass cover of Soundgardens "Rusty Cage"

I think you have that backwards, that would be Soundgarden did a good job of covering Johnny Cash's "Rusty Cage".

I have a slew of great punk bands doing covers of Rap, Country, Pop, and Rock songs.

 

[stevew]

the replacements "Black Diamond" by KISS

the replacements "Another Girl, Another Planet" by the Only Ones

 

[sanjuro]

Rage Against the Machine covers both Cypress Hill's "How I could Just Kill a Man" and NWA's "F*ck the Police." I think they did a pretty good job.

I love Housing, one of my favorite covers and better than the EPMD version. And Sublime's version of the Bad Religion, "We're only going to die...." is great too.

 

[Ciaran]

Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane (Velvet Underground)
REM - Pale Blue Eyes (Velvet Underground)
There She Goes - Sixpence None the Richer (The La's)
Tangled Up in Blue - Indigo Girls (Bob Dylan)
Midnight Train to Georgia - Indigo Girls (James D. Wheatherly)
32 Flavors - Alana Davis (Ani DiFranco)

and not really a cover because I don't know if you can "cover" standard x-mas carols but God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by the Barenaked Ladie and Sarah McLachlan is my favorite x-mas song now!

Nice ones!

More Cowboy Junkies:
Walking After Midnight
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Blue Moon
Dreaming My Dreams With You

 

[pixelninja]

The Cardigans - Iron Man
7 Seconds - 99 Red Balloons

 

[Atomic Dog]

I think you have that backwards, that would be Soundgarden did a good job of covering Johnny Cash's "Rusty Cage".

Not sure if you're serious or not, but the song was written by Soundgarden originally.

That said, Cash does a way better job with it.

 

[OGRipper]

Social Distortion - Ring of Fire("The Man In Black" Johnny Cash)

Hey, I just saw them play that at the Fillmore last night!! Fun show.

I also like the Wall of Voodoo version of the same song.

And let's not forget Devo's version of "Satisfaction."

"I can't getmeno...satisfaction. No I can't getmeno..."

 

[DamienC]

Check out this group called Nouvelle Vague. Their cover of the Dead Kennedys' "Too Drunk to F*ck" is pretty good and the woman who's singing sounds like she's totally plastered out of her mind. It's awesome.

 

[jimmydean]

Not sure if you're serious or not, but the song was written by Soundgarden originally.

That said, Cash does a way better job with it.

I feel like an ass, I always thought it was the other way around. My bad.

 

[sleepinggiant]

I saw Neil Young cover All Along the Watch Tower live, and it definately rivaled Hendrix.

Korn does an terrible cover of Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall"

Primus covering Pink Floyd's 'Have a cigar' was the worst thing ever

Fixed those for ya

 

[peter6061]

Fixed those for ya

Thanks:nuts:

 

[Jeremy R]

Great Pearl Jam covers:
Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding)
Baba O'Riley (The Who)
Anything of The Doors they covered - they were all from one performance (I think it was in L.A.)

Dont' forget "Soldier of Love."
I love that one too.